Cybersecurity budgets are rising as 68% of organizations increased their spending in 2024. Simultaneously, the global cloud infrastructure and platform services market is projected to grow from $116.6 billion to $203.1 billion in a four-year period.
Key Takeaways
- 4.95 billion people are expected to be internet users worldwide in 2024 (global)
- Worldwide IT spending is forecast to grow 8.5% in 2024
- In 2023, 56% of organizations had implemented a zero trust strategy or architecture
- Worldwide public cloud end-user spending is forecast to total $1.0T by 2027
- The global cloud infrastructure and platform services market is projected to grow from $116.6B in 2023 to $203.1B in 2027
- Global enterprise spending on cybersecurity is forecast to total $219B in 2024
- In 2023, 11% of breaches were discovered by third parties
- In 2023, the average breach involved 1,136 records
- The median time to first response from cloud providers is under 1 hour for 70% of support requests (2023)
- In 2023, the average cost of a DDoS attack was $2.4 million (median)
- 68% of organizations reported spending increased on cybersecurity in 2024 compared with 2023 (spending change trend)
- In 2024, 63% of organizations reported using AI in at least one business unit
- 98% of organizations reported using at least one security tool in 2023 (adoption of security tooling)
- 67% of organizations reported using a SaaS security posture management (SSPM) solution in 2024 (SaaS security adoption)
With rising cloud and AI adoption, cybersecurity spend is accelerating as breaches, DDoS, and phishing threats intensify.
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01 · Category
Industry Trends8 stats
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4.95 billion people are expected to be internet users worldwide in 2024 (global)
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Worldwide IT spending is forecast to grow 8.5% in 2024
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In 2023, 56% of organizations had implemented a zero trust strategy or architecture
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In 2024, global shipments of smartphones were forecast at 1.24 billion units
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In 2024, 33.6% of web pages were served over HTTP/2 (global)
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Ransomware is reported as the leading malware type by incidents in 2023 (malware trend share)
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Phishing was involved in 1,835 reported incidents in 2023 (reported phishing incident count)
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In 2023, 55% of organizations planned to increase their use of security automation within 12 months (automation intent)
Interpretation
Industry Trends Interpretation
Industry trends show that connectivity and security are advancing in parallel, with 4.95 billion people expected to use the internet in 2024 and ransomware reported as the leading malware by incidents in 2023, pushing organizations toward stronger defenses like zero trust which 56% had implemented by 2023.
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Market Size11 stats
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Worldwide public cloud end-user spending is forecast to total $1.0T by 2027
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The global cloud infrastructure and platform services market is projected to grow from $116.6B in 2023 to $203.1B in 2027
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Global enterprise spending on cybersecurity is forecast to total $219B in 2024
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Worldwide spending on AI hardware is forecast to total $51B in 2024
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The global market for data analytics is expected to grow to $274.3B by 2026
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The global IT service management (ITSM) software market is projected to reach $9.2B by 2028
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Global data center IP transit traffic is forecast to reach 28.6 exabytes per month by 2027 (forecast network usage in data centers)
08
The global managed detection and response (MDR) market is expected to grow to $18.7 billion by 2030 (market value forecast)
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$16.1 billion is forecast as global spending on identity and access management (IAM) in 2024 (market spend forecast)
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The global enterprise software market is expected to reach $523.9 billion in 2024 (market size forecast)
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Worldwide revenues from endpoint security are forecast to reach $41.5 billion in 2027 (revenue forecast)
Interpretation
Market Size Interpretation
The market size signals rapid, compounding growth across key digital infrastructure categories, with public cloud end-user spending expected to reach $1.0T by 2027 and the cloud infrastructure and platform services market projected to rise from $116.6B in 2023 to $203.1B in 2027.
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Performance Metrics4 stats
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In 2023, 11% of breaches were discovered by third parties
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In 2023, the average breach involved 1,136 records
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The median time to first response from cloud providers is under 1 hour for 70% of support requests (2023)
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DDoS attacks targeted with amplification/reflection were the second most common DDoS vector in 2023 (attack vector distribution metric)
Interpretation
Performance Metrics Interpretation
Performance Metrics show that in 2023 most breaches were uncovered internally since only 11% were found by third parties, while incident response and attack pressures are fast, with 70% of cloud support requests getting a first response in under 1 hour and amplification or reflection making up the second most common DDoS vector.
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Cost Analysis2 stats
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In 2023, the average cost of a DDoS attack was $2.4 million (median)
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68% of organizations reported spending increased on cybersecurity in 2024 compared with 2023 (spending change trend)
Interpretation
Cost Analysis Interpretation
In 2023, the median cost of a DDoS attack reached $2.4 million, and by 2024 68% of organizations reported higher cybersecurity spending than the year before, underscoring how rising attack costs are driving greater investment in cost analysis.
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User Adoption4 stats
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In 2024, 63% of organizations reported using AI in at least one business unit
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98% of organizations reported using at least one security tool in 2023 (adoption of security tooling)
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67% of organizations reported using a SaaS security posture management (SSPM) solution in 2024 (SaaS security adoption)
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63% of organizations reported using AI in at least one business unit in 2024 (AI adoption)
Interpretation
User Adoption Interpretation
User adoption is accelerating across both emerging AI and established security tooling, with 63% of organizations using AI in at least one business unit in 2024 and 67% already adopting SaaS security posture management, while 98% use at least one security tool.
report visual · Key figures
Current Industry Statistics
Growth, adoption, and infrastructure momentum across global industries.
8.5%
Worldwide IT spending is forecast to grow 8.5% in 2024
$1.0
Worldwide public cloud end-user spending is forecast to total $1.0T by 2027
$219
Global enterprise spending on cybersecurity is forecast to total $219B in 2024
63%
In 2024, 63% of organizations reported using AI in at least one business unit
68%
68% of organizations reported spending increased on cybersecurity in 2024 compared with 2023 (spending change trend)
source-verifiedgartner.com · checkpoint.com2027
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